NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 685

SENATE BILL 695

 

 

AN ACT TO PROTECT MINOR CHILDREN WHO ARE INJURED OR DAMAGED IN CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 1-61 is hereby enacted to read as follows:

"§ 1-61.  Abolition of parent-child immunity in motor vehicle cases. — The relationship of parent and child shall not bar the right of action by a minor child against a parent for personal injury or property damage arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle owned or operated by such parent."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1975, and apply to causes of action accruing on and after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1975.